Top 10 Career Killing Films

k0213818k0213818 Posts: 5,916
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Inspired by a post on my new media based blog (blatant plug alert) what are in your view the ten films which you think most damaged an actor or directors career?

Here is my personal list:
10) Showgirls (Elizabeth Berkley and Paul Verhoeven)
9) Striptease (Demi Moore)
8) At Long Last Love (Peter Bogdanovich)
7) Boat Trip (Cuba Gooding Jr.)
6) Town and Country (Warren Beatty)
5) The Happening (M. Night Shymalan)
4) One From The Heart (Francis Ford Coppola)
3) Cutthroat Island (Geena Davis)
2) The Postman (Kevin Costner)
1) Heaven's Gate (Michael Cimino)

If you want to know the reasons for my reasons you can find them at:
http://themediahole.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/top-10-career-killing-films.html

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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 4,012
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    k0213818 wrote: »
    Inspired by a post on my new media based blog (blatant plug alert) what are in your view the ten films which you think most damaged an actor or directors career?

    Here is my personal list:
    10) Showgirls (Elizabeth Berkley and Paul Verhoeven)
    9) Striptease (Demi Moore)
    8) At Long Last Love (Peter Bogdanovich)
    7) Boat Trip (Cuba Gooding Jr.)
    6) Town and Country (Warren Beatty)
    5) The Happening (M. Night Shymalan)
    4) One From The Heart (Francis Ford Coppola)
    3) Cutthroat Island (Geena Davis)
    2) The Postman (Kevin Costner)
    1) Heaven's Gate (Michael Cimino)

    If you want to know the reasons for my reasons you can find them at:
    http://themediahole.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/top-10-career-killing-films.html
    Also Waterworld for Kevin Costner too Id say.
  • Big Boy BarryBig Boy Barry Posts: 35,240
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    There's a superb documentary on Heaven's Gate on YouTube. I strongly recommend it to understand the heights of Michael Cimino's insanity on that set.
  • LMLM Posts: 63,250
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    I think Catwoman pretty much killed Halle Berry's career. That's one that springs to mind.

    It's also a shame how Geena Davis has just gone from the movie world because she was a very good actress.
  • Pink KnightPink Knight Posts: 24,773
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    The one that immediately springs to mind for me is Peeping Tom, Michael Powell (director).
    It is a great film, but too controversial for the time.
  • Virgil TracyVirgil Tracy Posts: 26,796
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    TOONARMY12 wrote: »
    Also Waterworld for Kevin Costner too Id say.

    Waterworld was a hit wasn't it ?
  • SXTonySXTony Posts: 2,907
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    Waterworld was a hit wasn't it ?

    Eventually, I think.

    I actually quite like The Postman.
  • performingmonkperformingmonk Posts: 20,086
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    I think Catwoman pretty much killed Halle Berry's career. That's one that springs to mind.

    It's also a shame how Geena Davis has just gone from the movie world because she was a very good actress.

    Why anyone thought Catwoman was a good idea is beyond me... Mind you, that's not the only dodgy career decision Halle Berry has made. The only decent thing she's ever done is that sex scene in Monster's Ball!
  • Stan MarinoStan Marino Posts: 29
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    Burt Reynolds - Paternity
    Stallone - Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot
    Eddie Murphy - Norbit
  • Eddie BadgerEddie Badger Posts: 6,005
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    Burt Reynolds - Paternity
    Stallone - Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot
    Eddie Murphy - Norbit

    I think Eddie Murphy must hold the record for career destroying movies but he keeps coming back.
  • zooooooooooooozooooooooooooo Posts: 2,220
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    Burt Reynolds - Paternity
    Stallone - Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot
    Eddie Murphy - Norbit

    I actually quite liked Stop or my Mom will shoot :o:o
  • Stan MarinoStan Marino Posts: 29
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    I actually quite liked Stop or my Mom will shoot :o:o

    :D ah well
  • JohnbeeJohnbee Posts: 4,019
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    I too liked The Postman. People don't like it because it is a bit soppy, but that is fine with me - they can stick to Death Wish and other revenge jerkoffs.

    I also like One From The Heart. Same reason.

    However, I always hate it when people criticise other people's choices instead of just giving their own, So I will try to think of one or two.

    Sophia Loren, El Cid.
    Marlon Brando, Teahouse of the August Moon (not really a career breaker, but it should have been).
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 25,366
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    Chris O'Donnell - Batman & Robin.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 1,532
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    Eddie Murphy has come back more times than a squash ball.
  • rfonzorfonzo Posts: 11,771
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    k0213818 wrote: »
    Inspired by a post on my new media based blog (blatant plug alert) what are in your view the ten films which you think most damaged an actor or directors career?

    Here is my personal list:
    10) Showgirls (Elizabeth Berkley and Paul Verhoeven)
    9) Striptease (Demi Moore)
    8) At Long Last Love (Peter Bogdanovich)
    7) Boat Trip (Cuba Gooding Jr.)
    6) Town and Country (Warren Beatty)
    5) The Happening (M. Night Shymalan)
    4) One From The Heart (Francis Ford Coppola)
    3) Cutthroat Island (Geena Davis)
    2) The Postman (Kevin Costner)
    1) Heaven's Gate (Michael Cimino)

    If you want to know the reasons for my reasons you can find them at:
    http://themediahole.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/top-10-career-killing-films.html

    Striptease was awful but I would say The Scarlett Letter was a film that ruined her career because it showed that she could not do an intense drama. Thankfully, it did not ruin Gary Oldman's career.
  • balthasarbalthasar Posts: 2,824
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    The Twilight Zone the movie...
    Phase IV....

    Peeping Tom..as mentioned.
  • gasheadgashead Posts: 13,804
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    Al Pacino - Jack & Jill.

    Re. the OP's list. I'm not sure why you'd think Showgirls killed PV's career, seeing as he went on to make Starship Troopers (a modern Sci-Fi classic) Hollow Man (a better than average Sci-Fi) and the critically acclaimed Black Book.
  • ultrosultros Posts: 8,504
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    The one that immediately springs to mind for me is Peeping Tom, Michael Powell (director).
    It is a great film, but too controversial for the time.

    ^ Yes this is the most famous one I'd say ^
    balthasar wrote: »
    The Twilight Zone the movie...

    Lol literally :eek:
  • ASIFZEDASIFZED Posts: 1,388
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    I'd say Arnie's star never shone as brightly, after 1997's infamous Batman & Robin.
  • GortGort Posts: 7,460
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    Charles Laughton's directorial career was unfairly ended by the critical and box office failure that the excellent The Night of the Hunter got. Subsequently, much like Peeping Tom, the film has been reclaimed as a masterpiece, and rightfully so.
  • SirMickTravisSirMickTravis Posts: 2,607
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    From a director's point of view Peeping Tom and Heaven's Gate are the obvious ones. It's really rather sad that arguably Britain's greatest film director saw his career ruined because of a film that's now regarded as a classic.

    No mention so far for Ryan's Daughter. Didn't quite destroy David Lean as he then went on to make A Passage To India but the critics incinerated it. There was a rumour than Stanley Kubrick committed suicide because of the negative feedback for Eyes Wide Shut.
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